Drew Brees

With no wood in sight, Bears coach John Fox superstitiously knocked on his noggin Wednesday speaking about players reporting to training camp at Olivet Nazarene after a five-week break free of incidents. In the post-Ray McDonald phase of his first season, you can't blame Fox for finding progress in a peaceful summer. "I was proud of our guys,'' Fox said. Consider that the last time Fox will be so easily impressed by his Bears. Vacation ended somewhere between the time 32-year-old quarterback Jay Cutler kidded about his gray hair and Pro Bowl guard Kyle Long declared the "walls built in the locker room last year have been knocked down.'' (Send the...

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